New competitors will threaten the established portable navigation device vendors, said ABI Research. The enormous market expansion and related price war in the consumer...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.—Another company joined the mobile payment playground as Cyphermint Inc. unveiled an Internet-based system for completing transactions using a cell phone. The firm...
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. turned on network coverage in underground portions of the Chicago Transit Authority’s train system, and is the only carrier to currently...
SEATTLE—Increasing ownership of camera phones is fueling uptake of photo-messaging in the United States and Europe, according to the latest figures from M:Metrics. The...
BERN, Switzerland—Swisscom Mobile subsidiary Sicap, which provides mobile applications and network products for GSM operators, said it acquired Swapcom in a deal Sicap said...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is re-examining the service and licensing rules for the 700 MHz spectrum it plans to auction in 2008, and will...
BOCA RATON, Fla.—SBA Communications Corp., the nation’s fourth-largest tower owner, posted second-quarter losses of $75.6 million despite increased revenues of $87.4 million. Last year...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian telecommunications company Telus has announced a partnership with mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. in which Telus subscribers will have...
HOUSTON—Following Crown Castle International Corp.’s good news—the company’s shrinking net loss in the second quarter—the company released some not-so-good news that the Securities and...
WASHINGTON—CTIA is asking the Federal Communications Commission to clarify recent universal-service rules that have sparked a puzzling situation where the FCC has accused the...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. reported substantially improved net loss figures during its fourth quarter, but revenues declined. For the quarter, Openwave reported revenues...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. has completed its purchase of assets from four wireless companies in Kodiak and Nome, Alaska. Dobson Cellular Systems is...
AMSTERDAM—Royal Philips Electronics announced plans to sell a majority stake in its semiconductor business as the company transitions away from cyclical activities to focus...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. reported increasing profits and higher revenues during the second quarter. The carrier also scored 58,000 net customers during the...
MINNETONKA, Minn.—Digi International Inc. said it will buy MaxStream Inc. a privately held firm based in Lindon, Utah, that works in the wireless device...
WASHINGTON—Online cell phone retailer InPhonic Inc. reported its net loss from continuing operations grew during the second quarter despite an increase in revenues. The...
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. said it plans to sell its Winncom Technologies Corp. subsidiary to an unnamed Irish company for $17 million...
HAMPSHIRE, U.K.—The mobile music market may be on the cusp of shifting away from ringtones to over-the-air full-track music services, according to new research...
BOSTON—MobileLime, which focuses on using mobile phones for marketing and loyalty programs, said it is working with a dozen Subway sandwich shop franchises in...
